Fun facts - Snakes of Tasmania Did you know Tasmania has three species of land snake? They are the Tiger snake, Notechis scutatus, Lowland copperhead, Austrelaps superbus and White-lipped snake, Drysdalia coronoides. All Tasmanian snakes bear live young (viviparous). Larger snakes produce more young than smaller females of the same species. There is no maternal bonding between the young and adults. In fact, copperheads are well known to be cannibalistic, even eating their own babies. Less than 1